Key ring



March 17, 1931. s, c o H 1,796,751

KEY RI NG Filed Aug. ll, 1930 2 ggl r 1- 'Femmv 00E 1 HICKURKNZ Co 1 5E; I r I (lam/Mega.

Patented Mar. 17, 1931 LOVITT S. FAIRGLOTH, F TAMPA, FLORIDA KEY RING Application filed August 11, 1930. Serial No. 474,585.

This invention relates to a key ring, one of the objects being to provide a simple and compact device of this character having means whereby a card containing the name and address of the owner or any other desired data, can be placed in position whereby, in the event of loss, the owner can be located readily.

Another object is to provide a device of this character Which can be manufactured at low cost and the key fastening means of which serves to hold the identification card.

The foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made Within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre' ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure l is the front elevation of the key rino- Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Fig ure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on line M, Figure 3; i

Figure 5 is a plan view;

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6, Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a card holder having open faces 2 and an open end 3. A card 4 containing suitable identification data, is adapted to be inserted end first through the open end 3 of the holder 1 and into the holder phere it will be exposed through the open aces.

The card holder 1 constitutes the body of the key ring and it can be made of any suitable strong material. Extending from one end of this body is a yoke 5 formed of resilient metal. One end of this yoke is free, as shown at 6 and normally bears within the open end 3 of the card holder or body 1 where it will act to hold the card 4 against withdrawal. The open end of the body also acts as a shield to prevent the free end of the yoke 5 from becoming caught in fabrics with which it is brought in contact.

-When it is desired to place a key on the ring, the free end 1 of the yoke 5 is sprung from the end of the body 1 so that a key can be slipped over the end of the yoke. The yoke is then released and its free end 6 will spring back into the open end of the body 1 as shown in Figure 4: and also in Figure 6.

IVhat is claimed is:

A key ring including a card holder having an open face and an open end, said end constituting means for permitting the insertion of a card into the holder, and a resilient yoke joined to the card holder at one end, the other on d of the yoke being-normally pressed yield ingly against the open end of the card holder to be shielded thereby and to hold a card Within the holder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

LOVITT S. FAIRCLOTH. 

